Chromebook Project�at Centennial SS�Board Meeting�February 22, 2021��

Marg Thompson, Principal Jessica Stuart, Secondary Learning Support Teacher�Geoff Mortaley, Elementary Learning Support Teacher Geoff Courneya, Assistive Technology Learning Coach

Blair Yarranton, Teacher

Vision

How will we empower all staff to meet the needs of every student with a focus on equity?

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Background

• Listening to students talk about the culture of learning �with assistive technology
• Grade 9: Changing the landscape �for all students
• Elementary experiences: �

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Goals

• Creating a Culture of Care
• Closing the Achievement Gap
• ALL students will achieve

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Culture of Equity

How do we push the limits of equity?

Culture of Equity

• Historical context of access to computer technology

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• Centennial SS purchased 225 Chromebooks in our first year of a long-term plan to ensure equitable access to technology for all students

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• Learned that many more students have their �own device than we had thought

• Began to stretch purchased Chromebooks further and further

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• Used Google Admin to inventory Chromebooks for tracking and data accessibility

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• Built upon existing trusting relationship with staff �to ask for all Chromebooks to be turned in �for inventory purposes

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• Have inventoried approximately �660 Chromebooks to date

Culture of Equity

Creating a Team of Support

How will we support our staff to integrate this influx of technology to promote student achievement?

• What human resources does HPEDSB offer to help co-create and implement school based projects?

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• How can we efficiently utilize those resources in a timely fashion? (school teams, Student Services, Curriculum Services, Information and Technology Services)

Creating a Support Team

• How can we dedicate time and energy �to support a shift in culture at a school?�
• Use targeted data and move in, literally

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• Reduce barriers; spend more time in the instructional weeds and not in the logistical ones

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• Decentralize the traditional notion of professional development (organic growth) and nurture it from the inside out (staffroom, classroom, parking lot, etc.)
• When you remove the bigger barriers, you take away the stigma of who holds the information

Operating In a �New Normal

EVERYTHING has changed, this was truly a game changer.

• All students have a Chromebook to access at all times�
• Achieved through combination of school-based devices, Special Education Amount (SEA) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

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• School 1:1 and virtual learning cultures have and will continue to increase the number of BYOD devices

• Ensure devices and accessibility for all: need for separate and distinct SEA technology is not required�
• Centennial SS is first school board-wide where all devices are inventoried�
• Clean data means we can quickly and easily pull usage data and target interventions accordingly

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• Using existing teacher expertise to support colleagues through creative timetabling (e.g., Student Support sections)�

Redefining the Conditions for Learning

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What is possible now that we are truly here?

• COVID-19 has required us to be nimble and �able to quickly respond to changing delivery models

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• Ministry expectations regarding virtual �classrooms and digital content were set and �Centennial SS was ready
• No scrambling to deploy Chromebooks �to students/staff
• Simple and accountable (hardly any �lost devices due to home deployment)

New Delivery Models, Expectations

• Staff are eager to learn, networking with �each other, and feeling supported

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• Ongoing synergy between school and �central staff

New Delivery Models, Expectations

Teacher Testimony� Blair Yarranton

Continuing the Momentum

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We didn't come this far, just to come this far.

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Questions?

#exceedingexpectations

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